Within Two Minutes of Going into Cardiac Arrest, an AED

question 38

Multiple Choice

Within two minutes of going into cardiac arrest, an AED is applied, the patient is shocked, and a pulse is restored. The EMT should recognize that the heart was in:

• A) ventricular fibrillation and now is in cardiac arrest.
• B) asystole and now is in an organized rhythm.
• C) ventricular fibrillation and now is in an organized rhythm.
• D) ventricular fibrillation and now is in asystole.

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